Just a photo

[DJRacing]

We had a get together fun day and quickly marked out a track and this is one of the guys who turned up. I wonder if any of you guys know him or have seen him ride. Do you think you can name the parts to his bike. Oh and yeah he kicked our arses.

The M stands for Morley

[KB171]

I seen a bloke Morley Sherriffs kick a lot  of arses about 35 years ago at Christmas Hills VIC in the mud ,very smooth and fast, no front mudgaurd on the day,didnt slow him a bit.

[DJRacing]

Thats him. And he is still kicking arse. That pic is about 2yrs old.

[Doc]

DJ I'll have a wild guess and say the bike is a PE175 with an XL250R tank and an XR200 engine and maybe RM125Z front wheel, although the lever shrouds on the bars look yamaha so maybe the front end is Yamaha ? Actually I dunno..the seat frame and rear swingarm look zooki though I like it whatever it is

by the way!..is that dust I see!! surely not!

[KB171]

Pretty relaxed style on Morley back then aye?

[DJRacing]

Great pic KB171, and yes thats Morley.

Doc, it was only Morley bringing up the dust. None of the rest of us could ride fast enough. But hey check out that green grass

[firko]

I hate to be pedantic forty years later but Morley's chucking his wheelie on a Triumph Metisse, not a CZ. Great photo though.

[eno]

"How he do dat?", Yep, thats our Morley, he still very much does dat. At Kiwi Vintages series last year at Halcombe it was one of those dreaded Mud fests, I'd seen this guy turn up with an old fairly standard RT2 in the back of his truck & didn't think much more about it...that is untill I saw him in action & said with much enthusiasm "who the hell is that?". As someone once said "just oozing with talent".

[yzhilly]

Hey DJ i'm still waiting for the recipe for the bike ?. whats it made of the suspense is killing me .

[DJRacing]

Oh , sorry Hilly, Doc probably got it right, there were so many different bits to it and my memory just aint that good, just think of a few more bikes and add that to Doc's list. . The next time I catch up with Morley I'll ask him. In fact we have our first round this weekend and TMBill, Mac, Eno and his son Jonah are all staying at my place so we will debate the bike then. . Can you wait a few more days?
P.S.
I didnt get to look over the bike that day as I was riding and banging in pegs, taking photos and looked after the BBQ at lunch time, so I was a bit busy and Morley had to shoot off early so I missed him at the end of the day.

[yzhilly]

No worries DJ , i,m not so sure about the backend ,looks a bit KLX to me in the shocks & swingarm ,maybe !!!.  Good to see ya keeping busy and keep posting those great pics from ya meetings . I loved that one of the YZ465 roosting the track .awesome.

[DJRacing]

Hilly if ya like roost, how about this one. I dont know if ya would want ta be behind it though.


A few Ozzies might recognise this rider (#1) doing what he does best. Leading the pack.
Murray Anderson

Both pics from the first VMX North V's South meeting

[yzhilly]

Awesome DJ that looks like a lot of fun, amazing tracks it's been a while since we have had that sort of greenery to rip to bits .So what about the bike does anyone know ?.

[brent j]

Looking at that bike I'd say the swingarm is RM or PE, the forks are Suzuki. Triples look the same as my PE175 ones with a single top bolt, but the fork legs are RM. Back of the frame looks Zook (maybe PE from the rear rail behind the seat) but the engine cradle has been removed.

My two cents worth anyway

Brent

[DJRacing]

I thought I might have had a better pic for you guys to see, but I havnt, sorry. I do have a side on pic but it not every clear

Does this help at all?